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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

Creative Arts Alliance

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 020753641
TX · NTEE A68
FY ending 2023-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Neicole Woodall, Executive Director / CEO ($37,400) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 187 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 36th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

Benchmarked executive: Neicole Woodall — reported title “EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”, a direct title match to the Executive Director / CEO role.

How comparable organizations were selected

187 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 187 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$110 total compensation of comparable organizations → $125,056 $37,400
$13,12810th
$29,01925th
$47,420Median
$67,18875th
$84,45890th
$37,400This org · 36th
p10$13,128
p25$29,019
p50$47,420
p75$67,188
p90$84,458
$37,400

Comparable organizations

Each figure is Form 990 Part VII columns D + F (reportable pay plus other compensation and benefits; column F may include amounts from related organizations), normalized to TX cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateRevenueMatched titleComp
(reported)
Comp
(adjusted)
FY
Jacarandamusic CA$347,407 Artistic & E $48,000 $40,246 2024
Jazz Houston TX$346,941 Ceo $81,400 $79,065 2024
Young Texas Artists Inc TX$346,705 President $43,550 $43,550 2023
Bronx Conservatory Of Music Inc NY$346,450 Executive Director $20,108 $18,164 2023
Hip Kids Inc MA$346,232 President $32,150 $28,053 2024
Lee Jazz Omega Inc TN$349,620 Exec Director $64,800 $66,139 2024
Orchestrating Dreams Inc NY$344,729 Executive Director $51,500 $45,187 2024
Neranenah Inc GA$350,910 Director $92,817 $93,297 2023
Indianapolis Mens Chorus Incorporated IN$343,096 Executive Director $85,000 $84,795 2025
Los Pleneros De La 21 Inc NY$340,822 Executive Director $91,006 $79,851 2024
St Louis Cathedral Concerts MO$340,628 Executive Dir. $71,798 $73,840 2024
One Voice Mission CO$354,410 Executive Di $67,200 $62,568 2024
Academy Of Neurologic Music Therapy CO$338,999 Director $60,925 $56,726 2024
Camarada Inc CA$356,020 Executive Director $72,750 $59,426 2025
Academie Musique TX$338,017 Director $45,743 $43,285 2025
Virginia Chamber Music Foundation VA$337,034 Coartistic Director $8,000 $7,500 2024
Music At Kohl Mansion Inc CA$336,836 Exec. Dir. $90,417 $78,051 2023
Kelly Music For Life PA$336,039 President $39,000 $37,764 2024
Anthology Of Recorded Music Inc NY$330,999 Vice President & Secretary $112,450 $101,581 2023
Goat In The Road Productions LA$329,022 Co-artistic Director $52,916 $55,120 2025
Newberry Consort Nfp IL$365,908 Executive Director $6,235 $5,952 2024
Make Music Alliance Inc NY$328,374 Executive Director $9,692 $8,285 2025
Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival I VT$367,354 Executive Director $70,000 $70,435 2023
Danbury Music Centre CT$327,415 President $14,615 $12,963 2025
Moon & Stars Foundation CO$326,461 Executive Director $40,498 $36,735 2025

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to TX cost of living and 2023 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.

Methodology

Comparable organizations were drawn from electronically filed IRS Form 990 returns and matched on sector (NTEE code), budget (a size-adaptive revenue band that tightens as the organization grows), and geography (same-state first, broadening only when too few peers qualify); every organization within the band forms the peer set. To compare fairly across regions and years, peer compensation is normalized to TX cost of living (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023) and to the subject's filing year (CPI-U). The figure benchmarked is Form 990 Part VII, Section A, columns D + F — reportable pay plus other compensation, benefits, and deferred amounts (column F may include amounts from related organizations) — with the chief executive matched by role. Related-organization amounts (column E) and institutional trustees are excluded. Full methodology: peerbasis.org/methodology.

Sample, role match & sensitivity

Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:

BasisSubject percentile
Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default36th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)32nd
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted37th
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted36th

If the percentile moves materially across these definitions, the result is sensitive to methodology choices, and the board should weigh which basis best fits its facts.

Rebuttable presumption of reasonableness · 26 CFR 53.4958-6

Compensation paid by a tax-exempt organization is presumed reasonable — shifting the burden to the IRS — when three requirements are met. This report supplies the comparability data for the second. The board should record the following in its minutes concurrently with its decision:

Draft board minutes — executive compensation

  1. The compensation of the Executive Director / CEO (Neicole Woodall) was approved in advance by [the Board / Compensation Committee], composed of members with no conflict of interest with respect to the arrangement.
  2. Prior to its determination, the authorized body obtained and relied upon appropriate comparability data, namely the PeerBasis Compensation Comparability Determination dated June 9, 2026, comparing compensation against 187 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE sector (A68), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $37,400 is reasonable (approximately the 36th percentile of comparable organizations) and documented the basis for this determination concurrently, on [date], by a vote of [__ for / __ against].

Sources: IRS Form 990 e-file data (apps.irs.gov); IRS Business Master File (NTEE classification). Every figure traces to an original public filing — click any organization above to verify it on ProPublica. PeerBasis is a service of Prismind Analytics; its methodology is published, was commissioned for independent adversarial review, and discloses its own limitations. This report is comparability data to support a board's good-faith determination under IRC 4958; it is not legal or tax advice. Generated by PeerBasis on June 9, 2026.